Fuel infection woes

[nicadimus@hotmail.com (Elijah R)]

wohoo, thanks to you guys the problem is solved :) I unpulged the ICM and 
scuff the contacts a lil, aplied some diaelectric and went for a drive. Wow 
had i got use to shifting @2500rpm, its got lots of power again. yaaaaa.

thanks everyone


>From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
>To: ian Butler <ian@bluemoon.hplx.net>
>CC: Elijah R <nicadimus@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Fuel infection woes
>Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:41:37 -0700
>
>ian Butler wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Elijah R wrote:
> >
> > > Well I am about at wits end with my car stuttering @2800 Rpm. I can't 
>seem
> > > to get my finger on the cause, new pumps, new injectors, new ignition, 
>new
> > > filter, new vacume lines, re-timed a dozen times.
><snip>
> >
> > Elijah,
> >
> > If this is a CIS-E car, as I think all 16v models are, I have one 
>possible
> > thought.  I don't know if CIS-E does this, but with Digifant on my bus, 
>the
> > idle switch will shut off the injectors above something like 2500rpm to 
>save
> > fuel (like if you're coasting down a hill and using the engine to 
>brake.)
> > If the idle switch is stuck on, it'll always think you're idling, and 
>cut
> > off fuel at 2x00 rpm, turning Happy Fun Bus into Doesn't Go Anywhere 
>Bus.
> >
> > I know CIS-E can't shut off injectors, but maybe it can lean out the 
>mixture
> > enough at the distributor to cause that problem?
> >
> > ian "$100 for a service manual?  I'll just wildly guess" Butler / 
>ian@hplx.net
> > '88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL
> >
>
>
>This is really funny because I am diagnosing the hybrid 81 w/ CIS-e &
>K/S. The WOT switch is testing OK, but the idle switch is not. Looks
>like you may have helped both the slight bog AND the high idle.
>
>E-man, I know it might seem comforting to switch to carbs, and if you
>want more power to ya, but diags exist to solve your problem. In my case
>my existing manual doesn't cover the year of the donor and I am awaiting
>the new one.
>
>Tough it out. I think the F/I is a better way to go, most of the time.
>
>
>TBerk
>
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